Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Format: Book Author: Holt, Nathalia, 1980- author. Title: Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt. Publisher, Date: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. Description: xiii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm Summary: Traces the pivotal achievements of the elite female science recruits at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where in the mid-twentieth century they transformed rocket design and enabled the creation of the first American satellites. Subjects: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- History. Women mathematicians -- Biography. Women mathematicians -- History. Rocketry -- History. Astronautics -- History. ISBN: 9780316338929 0316338923 Control Number: 1544310 Local Availability (physical copies):37 (of 38) System Availability (physical copies):37 (of 38) Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Map It Large Cover Image Availability MARC Record Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1